Monikers

The same cards three times, and it gets harder with each pass.

A party game built on Celebrities, the public-domain game people have been playing at parties for decades: get your team to guess a name by describing or imitating whoever is on the card. Alex Hague and Justin Vickers made the definitive version of it for CMYK, and the card selection is why this one works where homemade versions do not.

Three rounds, and the same deck of names comes back each time. In the first you may say anything at all except the name itself. In the second you get one word. In the third you get nothing — gestures and charades only. Because the cards repeat, the daft thing you blurted in round one becomes the single word in round two, and that word becomes the gesture in round three. It seats up to sixteen.

Please note: Rated 17+. The card selection is aimed squarely at adults.

Perfect for: A room of people who have run out of things to say to one another.

4–16 players | 30–60 minutes | Age 17+